A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building, trapping about 400 tourists on a mountainside and derailing part of a passenger train.
No serious injuries were reported immediately.The 6.8-magnitude quake was the largest of dozens that have shaken the island’s southeast coast since Saturday night, when a 6.4 quake hit the same area.
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Most of the damage appears to be north of the epicentre, which the Taiwan Central Bureau of Meteorology said was in the town of Chishang, at a relatively shallow depth of 7 kilometres (4 miles).
SOURCE: africanews.com
